brought us flooding. an idea of what is happening as we had showers making the roads damp, heavy rain lingers off towards the southwest, we have a mild start this morning. we are at 57 baltimore. 63 easton and york pa. surrounded by 60s. we have gotten rain, the roads were damp. despite the damp roads, we get heavier rain this afternoon. the ride home could be slow. we keep temperatures uniform, upper 50s, low 60s. take your patience along with the umbrella. it's going to be a little bit worse today. let's check out the commute with tonya. an accident blocking the right lane, 83 southbound, running in to delays from shawan, to the beltway due to an earlier accident. see how things are moving along, catonsville, outer loop is moving fine at frederick as you make your way towards 95, 695 old court, we have the slow edmonton, drive ow down at 795,

times affected, 833 to the bellway, 9 minutes due to the accident. outer loop, 795, 70, will take you nine or ten minutes. that's just volume. herman cain, fighting a battle of he said, she said after four women have accused gop presidential hopeful of sexual harassment. a 5th had a lengthy aware with him. cain is denying the whole thing. kuren redmond is standing by with more on mr. cain's reaction and this woman's story and is sticking to her claim. >> now she is, the 5th woman, her story is no different. they had an affair she says. white is sticking by her story. four other women accused the presidential hopeful of sexual harassment, white is the 5th claiming he had an affair. white told a television station

the affair ended 8 months ago. when the allegation broke, cain said here we go again, the comment comes after he stands accused of the sexual harassment while he was the president of the national restaurant association in the 90s. white claims her affair lasted for over a decade, they spent time together in palm springs california, cain went on television to deny the claims before the story broke. white told the press cain was not being truthful when he said there was no affair. the attorney, one of the four women who accused cain of sexual harassment says she is not buying it. >> when is herman cain going to come clean with the american public he is now accused a total of five women of being liars. >> now ginger is pointing to cell phone records to support her claims. cain has no obligation to discuss these type of allegations with the media. kuren redmond, abc2 news.

headlines around the nation, a fire going on in utah, shutting down u.s. highway 40 yesterday afternoon. a hazardous materials team was called in to check out the station. two trucks were called in. the one on fire was hauling crude oil. no injuries reported. unhappy driver was honking his horn at police, police were blocking off the road were a crime scene. the guy got out and yelled at officers and police noticed the 25-year-old was staggering, slurring his words and smelled like liquor. a breathalyzer showed the man's level twice the legal limit on top of that, he was driving on a suspended license. the man was taken to jail. battle the fight childhood obesity is growing am startling trend, young kids waistlines are bigger than ever.

researcher found 40% of kindergarteners had a body mass index in the 75th percentile. that is 25% of an increase since the 1970s, also the 1980s. 218-pound third grader has opinion taken from his home in ohio. family hi services worked with his mother and saw little progress. obesity puts him at high risk for hypertension and diabetes. >> somebody else is having much for control over what you are eating for good or ill. >> caseworkers say this is medical abuse dictated by doctors and the agency was legally bound to step in and do something. this is generating buzz on line. is allowing your child to weight going high or too low considered abuse? head to facebook fan page, wmaar fan page,.

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children, no date new unused -- donate new unused toys. drop them off at the wal-mart listed on abc2news.com, state police barracks, fire stations. we are teaming up again with the bso orchids program for example you have an old unused instrument lying around, drop them off as well. the bullets start flying and dozens look on. a california boy is fighting for his life after caught in the middle of a shootout, that story is coming up. american business man suspected in the death of a maryland woman is getting ow of jail. more on the release of gary giordano. a woman is kidnapped and carjacked in baltimore county on thanksgiving day. i'm linda so, where it happened. ?

time for your news to go. i'm charley crowson. weather could be a factor, say hello to justin berk. >> taking a look at the map. unique perspective. show you the storm, wrapping its cold air across the south and mixing in snow near huntsville, alabama, cold air locking on the backside. that is pumping in tropical like feed from the carolinas and bringing it up through central virginia. maryland's most powerful doppler, showers overnight. see the south, southeast flow, adding in moisture, fog and mist in addition to road spray. the rain to the west, we are waiting for that to pivot

through. dc, frederick, you will get the rain first. we expect to move in between lunchtime and throughout the afternoon. 58 towson. 51 bel air. 60 annapolis. we put out the yellow caution light because even though it's light this morning it's wet and it could be slick. add in moderate to heavy rain, downpours through the afternoon and temperatures remaining upper 50s to lower 60s. here is tonya. richie highway, northbound at 50rbgs an accident there. we have a slowdown harrisburg expressway, southbound, shawan to the beltway. taking a look at 95. volume moving through howard county. no incidents reported at this point. accident that has been cleaned up on the inner loop of the beltway, this is near eastern before which -- traffic is getting by, no problem there on the beltway. slowing down on the northwest side, doing okay topside. a deadly fire killed an 80-

year-old man in carol. the fire started after 1:00 this morning on old washington road outside of westminster. this is a picture sent from the gamber volunteer fire company. a family of five were able to escape and fire crews found the elderly man. tracking the latest on a huge shootout that left 8 wounded including a child. the shooting erupted last night in oakland, california. kuren redmond has been following the latest on this, one of the victims, a young child. the shooting left 8 people injured including the 1-year- old boy, police in oakland, california, has put out an all out search for the suspects responsible. around 20 to 30 people gathered in a parking lot after 6:00 last nite. three suspects opened fire on the crowd at least three people fired back at the shooter. 1-year-old lawrence was shot in the head. he and a woman are in critical condition. six other people and two oh

children were injured. the father was among those injured. he was holding his son and shot in hand. witnesses couldn't believe what was going on. >> so many gun shots. i've never heard that many before in my life. >> bullet casings could be seen scattered. police are looking for three teens and a man in his 30s, believed to be the suspect in this case. kuren redmond, abc2 news. a search continues for this man, cornelius moore, he left his home in baltimore this morning after sentenced to home detention. a judge sentenced him in may for illegal possession of a firearm. after nearly four months in jail, a court ordered giordano be released. he is held in connection with the death of robin gardener and her disappearance. this has been a long time developing, but i guess investigators are saying

they've got nothing left to held him with. >> twists and turns in the case. the aruban courts through out a legal maneuver by prosecutors to keep giordano in jail. this clears him to leave aruba, he could return to maryland tomorrow. he is a suspect in the disappearance of robin gardener, investigators are still no closer to explaining what happened to her. authorities don't have the incriminating evidence to keep him. investigation without a body, a murder weapon, or a clear motive is now moving its only suspect. giordano says he took he to aruba for fun, they met on a swinger website. he vanished from a beach while snorkeling. her body has not been found. his legal troubles are far from over, attorneys say. >> this investigation is still going on. not only because we think that the justice system has to do that, but for relatives of robin in the united states, they are still left without

answers on what has happened. >> we have a very good extradition between the kingdom of the netherlands and the u.s.a., so there is no way he will not be punished if committed the crime. >> he is being investigated by the fbi, he faces a possible grand jury indictment in maryland, relating to the $1.5 million insurance policy he bought for gardener, designating himself as the beneficiary. u.s. justice is working to tackle the problem children and violence, there will be four public hearings to find strategies. first today and tomorrow here in baltimore. so you remember the slogan, stop snitching. it's a center of discussion. baltimore state's attorneys bernstein is hosting a summit at university of law school

bringing federal and officials from around the region sharing the best ways to protect victims and witnesses from intimidation. be on the lookout for a woman at the center of a crime spree, wanted in many states and right here in baltimore county. linda so is standing by with the latest. this lady has a track record. >> police say she has a violent past, we've learned she is linked to two bank robberies in virginia. investigators believe she is a former member of the notorious ms 13 gang. look at he picture, her name is stephanie schwab. she kidnapped and stabbed a woman in baltimore on thanksgiving. it happened at 2:00 in the afternoon, in the safeway packing lot on 40. police say schwab asked a woman for a ride, got in to the d"e"5 and she asked for a ride. she pulled out a knife. the driver called out for help and schwab stabbed her in the hand and ran off.

police found an accra that had been stolen by schwab from fairfax county virginia. detectives were able to reach out to detectives in that agency, make a positive link between the two cases. >> police say schwab stole a car from a woman at knife point on november 19th. if you have seen her, call the police. linda so, abc2 news. today health officials will presents a plan for reducing hiv and aids. baltimore has one of the highest infection rates. the strategy will be presented to the mayor this afternoon at city hall. the obama administration is launching a campaign to alert the public about dangers of buying fake merchandise. the start of the campaign comes a day after authorities took own 150 web sites accused of selling counterfeit merchandise. ohio teen accused in a

craigslist robbery scheme may find out if he will be charged as an adult. he is connected to two deaths and possibly a third. sentencing for conrad murray will take place today. prosecutors are asking for the maximum penalty of four years in prison. police in florida says a woman of pes ex-fiance is the focus of an investigation. parker went missing november 17th after suing her former fiance on the peoples court. jury scheduled to begin hearing testimony today in the case of paul suric an aide to

ehrlich. proposed $7.9 billion take over of cons stilllation enterprises. . fip philip seafood will be at a new location. president and ceo along with stephanie rawlings blake will be on hands for a ribbon company. group of students will get to chow down with the ravens. line backer is going to join children from the elementary school, hamilton and new song academy and yorkwood elementary schools. all going to join a post thanksgiving feast. justin, you want to go? >> i will watch it from here.

>> look at this, 57 degrees. we've shown you the backyards are closer to 60. look at the contrast from the warm temperatures to 30s and near low 30s nashville and memphis and jackson. all wrapping around this storm it's warm air ahead of it, cool air on the backside. there is our low pressure. the low pressure is producing snow and trying to wrap the cold air on the south side and mixing in, in huntsville and atlanta. we get this warm feed off of the atlantic and a band of really heavy rain is going to pivot through here. there is no way to avoid this. we have had the dampness and follow this feed it's coming through the carolinas and there maybe thunderstorms there that could clip the lower eastern shore today, we shouldn't rule that out. heavy rain pivots through. prime time from noon to 6:00 p.m. that takes the afternoon and

kids for the ride home, probably going to cancel practice after school and ride home could be slow, this computer model cuts it off during the evening hours. moisture couldlinger as the cold air catches up. no big deal, no stickage, but snow in the mountains tomorrow. winds gusting 20-25 miles per hour. south winds bring in the colder air. those shift to the west and northwest during the day tomorrow. we will get to 61, fog and rain, the rain heavy during the afternoon. we will slide it to 38. snow flake possible but not a guarantee. don't lose sleep over it. tomorrow holding upper 40s to 50s. more sunshine, same temperature on thursday.

lows in the 30s and we will have a dry weekend, but sunday and monday, we could do it all over again. outer loop, slow from providence to the 83s. let's look at the traffic cameras and see the end of the delay on the outer loop on the southwest side. doing okay on the outer loop at frederick. another story 83 south. a slow down to the left of your screen. rubber necking northbound, northbound moving well, that earlier accident that had been moved to the right shoulder is out of the way. expect slow traffic from shawan, an accident reported, 83 north at shawan. that's a new accident, but 83 will be slow. >> a number of accidents throughout the course of the morning. slow down. yellow caution light. light rain, bigger problems, bigger rain this afternoon.

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